Somaliland to establish cross-network spectrum among telcos

[SilentE1001]

Mobile phone subscribers in Somaliland will now enjoy cross network connections thanks to a government driven initiative.

Communications Minister Sheikh Abdillahi Jibril told the media Sunday the government was partnering with Taiwanese government to roll out a cross-network spectrum.

“The government is in talks with telecommunication firms to enable subscribers to communicate even when they are on different platforms,” Jibril said.

The interconnection will mean that a customer on Somtel can now be able to call another who is using a Telesom SIM card.

At the moment, subscribers are forced to carry multiple SIM cards which they swap from time to time to communicate with subscribers using a different telco.

The minister added that Taiwan which Somaliland recently established diplomatic relations with will help in establishing the interconnection.

Jibril also hinted at plans to acquire a separate country code. Somaliland which is internationally recognised as part of Somalia uses the +252 country code.

 

[Awdalia Rising]

This is a blow to Telesom and somtel doesn’t really benefit much. Majority of the people used Telesom simply because that’s what majority of the people had. No reason to use somtel but now if a somtel phone can contact a Telesom phone and somtel being cheaper may force Telesom to drop their pricing a bit to be more competitive with somtel pricing. Idk if somtel was generally cheaper or if the minutes stayed longer in the phone due to not contacting as much people on the somtel network but it would be interesting if it truly is cheaper than Telesom that would probably make Telesom change things a bit

 

[Sandvaer]

This is good news. But why did it not happened years ago?

 

[Younes Osman]

Ina abti, you have to be skeptical about Muse bixii's adminstration due to alleged large scale corruption.

 

[Baboon]

Mobile phone subscribers in Somaliland will now enjoy cross network connections thanks to a government driven initiative.

Communications Minister Sheikh Abdillahi Jibril told the media Sunday the government was partnering with Taiwanese government to roll out a cross-network spectrum.

“The government is in talks with telecommunication firms to enable subscribers to communicate even when they are on different platforms,” Jibril said.

The interconnection will mean that a customer on Somtel can now be able to call another who is using a Telesom SIM card.

At the moment, subscribers are forced to carry multiple SIM cards which they swap from time to time to communicate with subscribers using a different telco.

The minister added that Taiwan which Somaliland recently established diplomatic relations with will help in establishing the interconnection.

Jibril also hinted at plans to acquire a separate country code. Somaliland which is internationally recognised as part of Somalia uses the +252 country code.

Yo sxb do you currently live in Somaliland?

 

[OffTheDome]

I also heard that Somaliland was going to get a separate country code

 

[LRW20]

I also heard that Somaliland was going to get a separate country code

Yeah I saw that on twitter but there were no actual sources, but if true its about damn time

 

[Geeljire Sandheer]

Nice